Shingled roof construction



May 28, 1963 F. WoRsHAM, SR

SHINGLED RooF CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 1. 1960 INVENTOR f" ATTOR NE YFLovo woRsHAM United States Patent 3,091,057 SHNGLED ROOF CONSTRUCTIONFloyd Leslie Worsham, Sr., 27 W. 9th St., Anniston, Ala. Filed Feb. 1,1960, Ser. No. 5,692 1 Claim. (Cl. 50-222) This invention relates tobuildings having roofs of various kinds and to the fabrication of suchroofs including the structures of the shingles or individual elements ofwhich the roof is composed and resulting in a more or less satisfactorydurable water and weather resistant structure.

Ihe invention relates particularly to shingles or individual elementsutilized in the production of roofs and designed to shed water andwithstand wind and weather and which shingles are practical from theviewpoint of manufacture, .application including the labor involved, anddurability.

Roofs have been constructed of shingles of many kinds and of Variouscompositions and configurations and with a view to providing structureswhich would give maximum wear at a minimum cost but with the resultsinadequate or not fully satisfactory and the values of which havedecreased as the result `of the increase in cost of labor and materialwhich have become critical and the need for improvement has becomegreater, experience having taught the desirability of attaching shinglesso that the corners will be securely fastened down in a manner not to beraised and blown oi by the wind.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved shingle ofmaximum durability at low cost which will have corners securely fastenedin place and with a saving of both labor and material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shingle of theinterlocking type which can be made of large size, with a head lap ofany desired width, in which there is less overlap, and in which fewerand concealed fasteners are required in the attaching of the same andresulting in a roof of less construction and labor costs and whichotherwise will be more satisfactory.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. l is a plan view of a roof illustrating one application of theinvention;

FIG. 2, a section on the line 2-2 of FIG. l;

FIG. 3, a top plan view of one of the shingles; and

FIG. 4, -a plan view of a roof illustrating a modified application ofthe invention.

Briefly stated, the shingle of the present invention is of generallyrectangular shape with its width somewhat greater than its length andwith a notch or cut-out portion in each of its lower corners, the notchviewed at the lower right corner being substantially greater than thatat the other corner to determine the overlap of the edges of adjacentshingles and with such greater cut-out portion provided with a lockingextension extending laterally beyond its lower edge of a lengthcorresponding to the width of the smaller notch but with its outermostand uppermost tip slightly wider than that of the smaller notch in orderto underlie a portion of the adjacent shingle and provide an interlockwith an adjacent shingle, such extension being adapted to receive .anail or other fastener therethrough, only one such nail being used alongthe lower portion of the shingle with a pair of nails or fasteners onein the upper right corner of the shingle and the other spaced inwardlyfrom the opposite corner a distance slightly greater than the Width ofthe larger cut-out portion so that when the shingle is fastened in placewith other shingles the nails or fasteners will not be visible, eachshingle being provided with horizontal 3,991,057 Patented May 28, 1963shadow lines preferably of contrasting color to give an attractive`appearance to the roof.

With continued reference to the drawing the shingle of the presentinvention is of generally rectangular shape and preferably of a widthgreater than its length. The shingle has generally right angular notchesor cut-out portions 10 and 11 in its lower corners, the horizontal andvertical sides 12 and 13` respectively of the notch 10 viewed at thelower left lbeing at right angles not only one to the other but also tothe edges of the shingle. The notch 11 .at the opposite lower corner ofthe shingle has an upright edge 14 and a horizontal edge 15 with alateral nailing extension 16 of a width corresponding to that of thehorizontal edge 12 at the opposite corner and with the upper edge ofsuch extension provided with an upwardly inclined edge 1'7 terminatingin a flat tip 18, with such extension having .a vertical extremity 19yadapted to underlie the opposite corner of an adjacent shingle adjacentthe vertical edge 13 thereof when a nail or fastener element 20 isapplied substantially centrally through a nail indicating dot 21 on suchextension while at the same time the portion .above the side 12 of thenotch adjacent the next shingle will be located beyond the edge 14 ofthe first shingle. ln the construction of a roof a series of shingles 10may be assembled in interlocking relation in a single row forming asolid strip `along the roof and thereafter additional rows of shinglesmay be applied in a particular lateral and horizontal relation tofacilitate which the shingles are provided with horizontal shadow lines22 and 23 to facilitate application of the shingles and for theadditional purpose of adding an ornamental eifect, the upper shadow line22 serving as a guide along which the next row of shingles is placed.The shadow line 22 is `spaced from the upper edge of the shingle adistance corresponding to the vertical extremity 19 of the extension 16.

In applying the second Iand subsequent rows of shingles the iirstshingle of the second or subsequent rows is placed with its lower edgealong the shadow line 22 and with its notch edge 14 located to the rightof the edge of the underlying shingle a distance corresponding to thenotch edge 15 to cause the visible right edges of the shingles of theseveral rows to present a continuous stepped design of alternatehorizontal and vertical lines thereby with the horizontal shadow lineincreasing its ornamental or aesthetic appearance.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that with the provision of agenerally rectangular shingle, the cutting of such shingle is relativelysimple and the markings thereof and the provision of the corner notchesmay be readily accomplished. If desired nailing indications 24 and 25may be provided located respectively inwardly from the viewed leftcorner of the shingle a distance slightly greater than the length of theedge 15, .and in the opposite top corner of the shingle with bothnailing indications equally spaced from but near the upper edge of theshingle.

In the applying of the shingles the configuration and the shadow linesmake application easy and the designations on the shingles indicates themanner of such application including where to apply the fastenersresulting in a roof of interlocked shingles with only three nails orfasteners in each shingle and fully concealed with no edges exposed to adegree to be blown up by the wind but with the corners fof the leadingedges locked down, and all resulting in a saving of both labor andmaterial.

It will be obvious to one skilled in the art that various changes may bemade in the invention without departing from the spirit and scopethereof and therefore the invention is not limite-d by that which isillustrated in the drawing and described in the specication but only asindicated in the accompanying claim.

What is claimed is:

A shingled roof construction comprising -a series of rectangularoverlapping shingles nailed to sheathing, each shingle havingsubstantially parallel upper and lower edges and` substantially parallelends; a portion ofl th'e Shingle at one end of the bottom edge being cutaway forming a substantially right angular notch open at the bottom `andssaidone end, the top'and other end of said notch being parallel to theedges and ends of the shingle, the other end of said shingle beingprovided with a out-out between the lbottom and top edges thereof, thesaid boundary of said cut-out being substantially parallel to the endsof the shingle, the portion of the shingle formingrthe lower boundary ofsaid cut-out being a nailing tab and the heightv of such tab Vat itsinner end being substantially the `saine as the height of saidrighbangular notch with the upper edge of said tab gradually taperingtoward said inner end, the free en dof said tab terminating short ofsaid other end ofthe shingle 'and being of a height greater than theinner end of said tab, the upper edge of the free said next adjacentshingle' underlying the other end of said rst mentioned shingle andoverlying the tab thereof so that no nails are exposed.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNIrED STATES PATENTS2,007,710 Finley July 8, I1935 2,093,944 Topping Sept. 2l, 1937v2,098,488 Donahue Nov. 9, 1937 2,168,955

`Karan Aug. 8, 1939

